IT Specialist

Posted on May 15, 2020 by
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Burlington, MA 01803

IT

Immediate Start

Annual Salary

Full-Time

IT Specialist (Systems Administration/Network)

The IT Specialist (Systems Administration/Network) vacancy is in the High Energy Astrophysics Division at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA. Employees will work at the Chandra Operations Control Center in Burlington, MA and will provide and support 24/7 situational awareness for all IT systems to agency stakeholders using Windows and Linux operating systems. All qualified U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents may apply.

This employee will provide highly skilled Windows computer system planning, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance. Major areas of responsibility include; Windows server/Workstation management and administration; NetApp centralized storage; backups; networking and virtual machines; security audit planning and execution; and long term systems planning. This employee must be capable of independent problem solving.